Attorney Profile

Eric A. V. Bogdan, born Honolulu, Hawaii, January 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas.

Preparatory education: University of North Texas (B.A., 1982); legal education, South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1990).  Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. Bogdan serves, individually or through clients, on the following asbestos bankruptcies; Asarco Asbestos Creditors Committee; and Utex Industries Asbestos Creditors Committee and Trust Advisory Committee.

Honors Fraternities: Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Howard F. Warren Scholarship; South Texas College of Law Annual Fund Scholarship.

Speaker: How to Successfully Handle a Personal Injury Case, Houston Bar Association Litigation Section, Trial Practice and Procedure Seminar (1998).

Member: Houston (Litigation Section: Chair, 2000-2001; Chair-Elect, 1990-2000; Vice-Chair, 1998-1999; Secretary-Treasurer, 1997-1998; Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1992-1996; 1998-2000) and American Bar Association, 1991-2002; State Bar of Texas (Committees: Liaison with the Federal Judiciary, 1991-1992; Disaster Response, 1992-1998; Pattern Jury Charges, Volume III, 1993-1998); College of the State Bar of Texas, 2000-2003; Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1996-2001); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1999-2006; Associate Director, 1996-1999); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Committees:
Auto/Highway Advisory, Premises Liability, 1991-1992; Workers'
Compensation/Longshoremen, Harbor Workers Advisory, 1991-1992); Houston Young Lawyers Association, 1991-1997; Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Sustaining Life Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation.